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American IPA experiment

Posted by: Makebeer on 8/25/2011 | 5 Comments
I had a couple of Coopers Lager beer kits laying around and I decided to do an experiment. I was curious if I could combine the two kits together to make an American style IPA. I realized that I would need to add some more flavor/aroma hops to accomplish this. Read More »
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Stock Up Now for Your Early Fall Brews

Posted by: Makebeer on 8/10/2011 | 7 Comments
Fall is a great time to enjoy your very own homebrew. I especially enjoy having a couple of beers while I watch football games. That's right, football! For a while there it seemed like we were going to be deprived. But alas, the powers that be came together Read More »
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By Jason on Sanitize, Sanitize, Sanitize!! :
"This is my first Home brew batch, I got the kit for my B-day, I have been using bleach on everything so-far to sanitize everything. In about 4 of 5 days it will be time to bottle for my first time (I am excited) I think I will run the unused bottles in the dish washer without soap(to remove dust and such) then rinse with a bleach mixture to sanitize, one final rinse with water to get rid of the bleach, then bottle my first batch of beer. I hope my method will give me a good brew. If not please let me know, I am a new to home brew." Read more ›
By Makebeer on Bottling Day:
"@Piers. There should be adequate amount of yeast in suspension (as long as you don't wait to long before bottling) so as not to shake the beer before bottling. The amount of final carbonation is determined by the sugar added to the bottle." Read more ›
By Piers on Bottling Day:
"Hi there. I have a similar question to Jim. If you are adding sugar to each bottle, should you stir the fermented beer prior to pouring it into the bottles, to evenly distribute any residue etc?" Read more ›

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